Mad Enough?

So Ne-Yo's latest single Mad is nothing short of what we're used to from him. His songwriting ability is amazing. This song just encompasses a typical relationship scenario, and puts it into a melody. This was one of my favourite songs off Year Of The Gentleman when I first heard the album. So I'm glad that he's decided to give this song some radioplay. I like the way that he spaces his single releases out... Not too crowded and not too close together. On a musical note, the music for this song is impeccable... Ne-Yo has often been touted as a great songwriter with a not so great voice... You can't tell on this song. He sounds good. The video is typical Ne-Yo... A little bit of acting and a whole lot of singing close ups. This song gets the thumbs up from me.

Damn Jamie...

New track from Jaime Foxx, Damn Baby Damn, that I've been listening to a little bit lately. It's smooth and I'm really liking the way that Jaime puts his songs together. He's not oversinging any of it. And he's got his voice sounding like he is supposed to be a singer, not this utility actor/comedian/singer that he's become. I've always liked Jaime Foxx's sound, ever since I first heard Predictable. Damn Baby Damn is a nice track, not overly lyrical. Its got that raw sexuality that we've come accustomed to from Jaime. And the production is tight on it too. I'll be listening to this song for a while

Sorry about the lack of video, but once they release the video, then I'll put one up.

Batman... Anyone Remember Him?

Now I know that I'm not normally this soft... But while I'm in the mood, I'm going to hit you with a little something that has been on repeat for a while now. Marques Houston with a song entitled Sunset. I really like the guitar in this song, and his lyrics are tight for the demographic. The acoustic guitar gives the lyrics a more real feel, like he's singing raw emotion. Sweet and smooth.

"Maybe one day we'll end up talking again. Maybe one day we'll go back to being just friends. Promise to love you baby till my life ends. Cause you're my sunset"




And just so you can have a laugh, and know how for I go back with Marques in my headphones... This is a song I used to bump in my walkman (yes cassette tape). Check the style of the early Marques Houston aka Batman, with his boys Romeo and LDB... This is Immature with I Will Never Lie Again

Laughs From The South

Ludacris has never been hailed as a lyrical genius, and I've never thought so myself. But he has always been hilarious. He could do a whole song of punchlines. I just copped a leak of his Theatre of the Mind, and it's dope as heck... I love it. I ain't going to lie on this... I feel it's one of the best releases of this year (along with Tha Carter III and Paper Trail), but it won't get enough hype. His latest single is funny as hell! One More Drink... I ain't even going to tell you what it's about. Listen to the song and watch the video... Katt Williams makes it even funnier! And speaking of not being a lyrical genius... T-Pain is on the track too! Ha ha!

Dark Skin Does Not Equal Soul

I've been really feeling Robin Thicke lately, and his follow up single The Sweetest Love off his new album Something Else, is real nice. One of those melodies that allows the singer to bounce over it. Robin doesn't over do his voice on this, I like how he just sings and doesn't try to hard. The lyrics are literal and what you expect from a song entitled The Sweetest Love. It is a song that you could imagine at the end of a romantic comedy when the guy and girl finally hook up. This boy has got a smooth voice... Don't sleep on him... He's good.

"It gets better, every second we're together", If you've never felt like this, then you don't know what you are missing. Find your sweetest love and then play this song in your head.

Can He Do No Wrong?

I been on TI for a while now... Ever since he first dropped Trap Muzik. And now he is running the game... He has just got off house arrest and is awaiting his sentence of a year and one day. But yet through all of this controversy he still manages to have the current number 1 album, the number 1 and number 2 singles.

Live Your Life is the latest one, and he teams up with Rihanna. I've been listening to this song for a while, I like the way that they used the numa numa sample. You may have heard it before or seen the video by Gary Brolsma of youtube fame.



Now the song is good and TI doesn't fail on his lyrics once again. Never been the master of a double entendre although his literal lyrical content is nice. He's a straight up kind of guy and it shows in his lyrics.

I had seen a trailer for this video a while back and it got me real excited. It looked as though it could have been an epic video. TI all dressed up and then getting the beat down. But when I saw the actual video I was a wee bit disappointed. Thinking back, I would have rather just checked the video straight away. I like the premise of the video and how it's done. I think having a minute and a half long trailer for a video thats only going to be four minutes long is always going to make for disappointment.

Although in all my opinionated fracar... I still like the video... He's still topping the charts... And nobody can take that away. Check the video if you haven't seen it already... You'll like it.

Wee Ooh Wee Ooh Wee...

So Lil Wayne might get some good press out of me... I ain't going to lie. I'm feeling Tha Carter III. And I copped a look at the latest video from it. I was stoked to hear that they were making a video for Mrs Officer, as when I first copped the album this was one of my favourite songs. Bobby V is a good addition, and kinda makes the video a bit cooler. But I gotta tell you, the best thing about this video is that Comfortable is at the end. This was the first song off Tha Carter III that I heard. I think that it got leaked real early, so it didn't end up getting much radio play. But its a real good song. Babyface kills the chorus, as only a great songwriter can. And hooking those two up is an unlikely, but unstoppable combination. If you can, get a listen of Comfortable by itself... Real good song. But check the video for these two... Think about it, and I might update the post with my thoughts once I'm not so tired... ha ha.

Update of my thoughts... Looking back on my own damn blog and then realising that you've gone and posted something about the same song... ha ha ha... I'm an idiot. I'd already posted something about Mrs Officer when I first saw the video. Shame on me. But at least now you know!!!

So So Slack

So I didn't even get on to tell you all about the Chris Brown/Rihanna concert... Now this concert was completely different to the Snoop/Ice Cube/Bone Thugs concert. It was a pop concert for starters... So it was a much younger crowd. And the hype was completely different. We get there, and the line was the biggest line I've ever seen in my life... It was filled with teenagers (and a couple just out of their teens like me) wearing the brightest clothes they could find. I needed sunglasses just to look at the line. If they weren't wearing neon colours head to toe, they were wearing their best clothes. Half of the girls looked like they were either going out on the town, or shooting a music video. The girls were looking a lot older than they should... Not a good thing. Ha ha. When we finally got in... We realised the actual magnitude pop star pulling power. As soon as anyone walked on stage the crowd would erupt into a scream. And these were just the roadies.

When it actually finally started, it was intense. Chris Brown introduced himself by dropping down from the roof... The screaming did not stop for the entire first song. It was amazing at how one person can control a crowd like that. So being Chris Brown... He put on a wicked concert... I ain't going to lie. I was amazed at how even when he stopped singing, the song never missed a beat as the whole crowd sung all the songs... Start to finish. My favourite moment of his set... And the entire concert was his Michael Jackson set. Everyone in the world knows that he can dance, so as he put a red leather jacket, one glove and hat on... The crowd went crazy. He set the floor alight with a plethora of classic MJ dance moves to a good mix of old skool Jacko songs.

Rihanna came out to a massive reception... Looking crazy hot in an ensemble that I struggle to find words for. If I try to explain it I will fail you, and it will sound nothing like what it actually looked like. But I'll put it to you like this... I have never thought that Rihanna is good looking... That girl in real life though... Straight fire. I was feeling her set, even though I haven't really listened to her album. I liked her acoustic set, that was a cool interlude between all the fire works and fanfare. And her throw back to the first song I heard from her Pon de Replay was a welcome addition. It got my Jamaican side dancing. And it was good to recognise a song too... ha ha.

All in all, I really enjoyed the concert. I was well impressed that only two artists put on a show that lasted that long, and was enjoyable throughout. They both really did well. I enjoyed Chris Brown's set a little more as I've been jamming his songs a lot lately... Especially that new Glow in the Dark song. And I knew all his songs. Plus I envy his dance moves, and his sneakers. I could write another whole blog on his sneakers. The Jordan 1 straps that he started the concert in were dope.

And I did like the final touch to the concert... The power pop couple singing Rihanna's Umbrella with Chris Brown singing Cinderella. Good end to a good concert.

So if you ever have the chance... Get to a pop concert. Especially if they are arguably the two biggest acts in the world at the moment. You will love it... If not for the acts... For the crowd. They truly made the concert. An atmosphere like that doesn't come about often, so if you can... Be part of it.

Forgot About Their Blog?

Ha ha... I been busy lately. Wellington, New Zealand has never really seen whats been happening here in the last two weeks. We had a couple of concerts of calibar which we don't normally see.

Firstly, we had a hip hop all star line up... Bone Thugs N Harmony, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg. I wasn't really too fussed about going to this concert until I went out the night before to a local hip hop gig to support some of the boys. While the gig was on BTNH, WC, Kurupt and Daz turned up. Not only did they chill in the "VIP" area, they actually got on the mic and did what they do best. They didn't just play their songs, they even covered some other artists songs. That got me hyped on the idea of their concert. Somehow managed to swindle some tickets and ended up at the show the next day. I'm so glad that I went. The concert was amazing! Bone Thugs were just starting as I got in (the line to get in was huge!), and although I haven't really liked their stuff for a long time. I got into it... Especially when they started playing their classics... First of the Month was awesome.
Then it was Ice Cube's turn... With a little help from WC. They were nuts... I liked the way that they got the crowd hyped. With the amount of music that Cube has put out in the years he's been doing it... His song selection was good. He only played two of the new album's (Raw Footage) tracks. Other than that he played what everyone wanted to hear... That old skool gangsta music. Him and WC doing a couple of Westside Connection tracks was good, Bow Down was insane... But then Cube doing some old NWA tracks had heads like mine banging like never before. Cube and WC were c-walking all over the stage and really getting into it. So that had the crowd in a (albeit marajuana induced) frenzy!
The headlining act, Snoop Dogg had a good set too. Although he did look hilarious in his one piece blue bandana print suit. It looked like he was wearing pyjama's and everytime I looked at him I wanted to laugh. He looked like he wanted to throw gang signs up in his sleep... I guess he's committed... 24/7... Ha ha. But other than his attire... I couldn't fault his performance. I liked the added factor of him bringing his band to play his songs. His set was similar to DVD's that I've watched of previous performances. But with Sensual Seduction added in. But in saying that... He didn't disappoint. It was awesome... And I'm so stoked that I was there to witness it. He finished off with Whats My Name? I was really impressed by his whole performance.

Looks like I'm getting more tired and more tired by the minute... Another epic weekend for me... Shout outs to the rolling20deep crew... One day we'll stop partying as hard as we do... It just won't be anyday soon. So I'm gonna get some sleep right now. I'll try to get back onto the computer tomorrow after work and give you the run down on the Chris Brown/Rihanna concert. And maybe post the video's that I'm really impressed with right now Live Your Life and the Mrs. Officer/Comfortable video. Good songs... Good video's!